Setting up the board…

Romaine.st — early-stage venture capital. First checks of $250K–$2M, before you pass GO.

ROLL THE DICE ↓ PITCH US

TILE 01 · GO

Collect $200K…
we meant $2M.

Every founder starts at GO with a token and too much conviction. We write first checks in days — before the metrics, before the momentum, sometimes before the name. The best returns on the board come from the longest laps.

  • First-check lead
  • $250K – $2M
  • Decision in 5 days
  • Founder refs on ask

TILES 01–39 · THE PORTFOLIO

We buy green houses.
Founders build red hotels.

Forty-two companies on the board so far. Each one started as a single green house on a street nobody wanted — until everybody did.

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LETTUCEPAY

Fintech · Seed 2022

  • Pre-seedfirst check
  • Seedled the round
  • Series Afollowed on
  • Hotel statuspending
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CROUTON

AI infrastructure · 2023

  • Pre-seedfirst check
  • Seedled the round
  • Series Boversubscribed
  • Hotel status🦄 unicorn
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CAESAR LABS

Security · Seed 2024

  • Pre-seedfirst check
  • Seedco-led
  • Series Ain market
  • Hotel status4 houses
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HEIRLOOM

Climate · Pre-seed 2025

  • Pre-seedfirst check
  • Seedreserved
  • Series A—
  • Hotel status1 house

TILES 07 · 22 · 36 — AND 02 · 17 · 33

The market deals.
You play.

Chance favours the prepared founder. Draw a card — this is roughly how venture feels.

?CHANCE

CHANCE

tap to return

DRAW A CHANCE

▣COMMUNITY ROUND

COMMUNITY ROUND

tap to return

DRAW FROM THE ROUND

TILE 30 · GO TO JAIL

Skip founder jail.

Down rounds, legal surprises, co-founder splits, the quarter the chart goes sideways. We’ve sat on the right side of the table through all of it — our job is handing you the get-out card before you need it.

GET OUT OF A DOWN ROUND, FREE

This card may be kept until needed. Bridge reserves, honest term sheets, and a partner who answers the phone at 11pm.

TILE 20 · FREE COFFEE

Office hours.
No deck required.

Every Friday the partners sit at FREE COFFEE and take walk-ins. Bring a napkin sketch, a prototype, or a problem you can’t stop thinking about. Parking is, naturally, free.

  • Fridays · 9–12
  • 15-min slots
  • No warm intro needed

TILE 39 · ROMAINE ST · $10M

The most valuable address
is the one you build.

Boardwalk was bought. Romaine Street gets built — one green house at a time, by founders who keep rolling. We’d like to be your first investor on it.

$120MFund I
42companies
6red hotels (unicorns)
9exits past GO

Your move.

Two dice. One inbox. Statistically, we reply.

The bank never wins here. Founders do.